Father Zhou turned off the TV and packed up the boxes in the house. He saw two bicycles in the yard and asked, "Think about it, why did you buy two bicycles?"
"Oh, one belongs to Ling Ran."
Father Zhou pushed both bicycles into the south room and said, "Let's put them in the south room first!"
"good!"
Zhou Xiang started to take out all the snacks again, "Dad, your favorite char siew slices, peach cakes, and rice candies are all here, take your pick."
Father Zhou entered the south room and saw a pile of cakes. "Have you moved the supply and marketing cooperative back here?"
"I want to move it! The car can't pull it in."
At noon, Zhou's mother was shocked when she saw the color TV. "My daughter! Why did you buy a color TV?"
"Black and white makes me uncomfortable, Mom, your focus should be on the left side of the TV."
Mother Zhou shifted her gaze and saw the trophy next to the TV. She smiled and said, "My daughter is amazing. Great!"
Zhou Yu came over to call them to eat. The mother and daughter went to the kitchen and saw the table full of dishes. Zhou Xiang said happily, "Thank you, Dad. These dishes must have been made by you."
Father Zhou picked up the wine glass in front of him and said, "Come, have some soda. Let's congratulate Xiang Xiang for winning first place in the city competition."
The remaining four raised their soda bottles and said, "Cheers!"
"Thank you, Mom and Dad, thank you, Big Brother and Second Sister."
In the afternoon, many people came to Zhou's house to see the color TV.
"It's really colorful. Look at that person's clothes, they're blue."
"Yeah! This looks much more comfortable than black and white."
"Zhou Quan, your daughter is amazing! She bought you a color TV. It must have cost a lot of money, right?"
Father Zhou held his head high, accepting everyone's envy, "Of course, this color TV is 1680!"
"Hey, it's over a thousand? We can't even afford the remaining change."
"That's right, your little girl is only ten years old, and she already has a way to make money. You and your wife will enjoy a good life."
"Of course not. My daughter is so capable, shouldn't she enjoy life early? Oh, what's that thing next to the color TV? It looks like a teapot and a cup."
Father Zhou picked up the trophy and said with great pride, "This is the first prize trophy my family won in the elementary school knowledge competition in the city."
"Is this the trophy? Let me see, let me see."
"We really haven't seen it before? Is it made of gold?"
Father Zhou's face was beaming, feeling so good to be the center of attention. "Gold-plated! If such a large trophy were made entirely of gold, how much gold would it take?"
"Yes, the key is the commemorative value."
"Yes, that's right."
"That's right, having good children is better than anything else."
Zhou's father, who was being admired by others, couldn't stop smiling and nodded at everything others said.
Zhou wanted to go into the house and just heard someone asking to borrow money, but his father looked confused and didn't hear what the other person said.
So with a cough, the person who opened his mouth to borrow money closed his mouth awkwardly.
Zhou Xiang put down the tea in his hand and said, "Dad, you guys watch TV quietly and don't disturb me while I'm studying. I have to go to the provincial competition in June!"
Father Zhou felt his body floating in the air, but was pulled back to the ground by his daughter's cold voice, and fell in pain.
Thinking back to what the people around me said just now, I broke out in a cold sweat. I had been listening to flattery and nodding all the time.
It was a close call. I almost fell into the trap just now. Everyone knows that I am a face-conscious person. He actually planned to take advantage of my confusion and trick me into agreeing. How insidious.
Then I looked at the people around me. Oh, wow! They were the ones who often went against me at work.
Either he says that the water he boiled is not enough, or that he boiled the water too late. In short, he finds fault every day.
I thought he was from a nearby village, so I put up with it, but I didn't expect him to take advantage of me.
"Wang Chuanfa, don't you know how much I make a month? I earned all this money at home because I wanted to be filial to you. I don't have a few hundred yuan to lend you. You'd better find a way somewhere else!"
After saying that, he stood up and, regardless of whether anyone had any objections, he immediately sent everyone away: "Everyone, go back! You've seen what this color TV looks like. Considering that I still have to prepare for the provincial exam, I won't keep you here."
Everyone left in a bad mood, with unhappy faces. It would be strange if they were in a good mood after being chased away.
Everyone glared at Wang Chuanfa. It was he who ruined the good atmosphere by asking to borrow money at this time.
Lao Zhou is such a face-conscious person, but he can drive people away with just his mouth. The distance between us is getting bigger and bigger. I don’t know if I will be able to talk to Lao Zhou in the future!
If something happens in the future and I need to borrow money, will I still be able to open my mouth? After all, Lao Zhou made it clear this time.
And everyone knows that Zhou wants to make money and be the head of the Zhou family now. Is he going to borrow money from a child?
No one can guarantee that there won’t be an emergency or a time when money is urgently needed.
Zhou Xiang's cold look just now made people like him, who have lived half their lives, feel frightened.
He wanted to take the opportunity to fool Old Zhou, without considering whether Zhou Xiang agreed or not. If Zhou Xiang won another provincial championship, everyone would be even further away from Old Zhou's family.
Wang Chuanfa touched his nose. How did he know that Zhou Xiang happened to come in and heard it? As long as Zhou nodded, he would definitely be able to borrow the 500 yuan. Whether to pay it back or when to pay it back all depends on his mood, right?
My plan is to make a one-time deal.
A few people didn't know what Wang Chuanfa was thinking, otherwise they would have scolded him. "Do you think Lao Zhou is the same as before? Didn't you see that he immediately kicked everyone out?"
Zhou Xiang looked at his father coldly.
Father Zhou was extremely ashamed when his little girl saw him.
"I'm sorry, think about it, Dad is wrong, I won't associate with these people in the future."
Zhou Xiang sat on the stool helplessly like a deflated ball. If his father was still the same as before, he would have been able to say a few words to him. But since he suddenly admitted his mistake, he couldn't get angry!
"Dad, this is just the beginning. If you can't control yourself, how can I dare to win greater glory in the future?"
With a father who could hold him back at any moment, Zhou Xiang couldn't imagine if he could achieve greater heights in the future. Would his father still be able to find himself? Would he even know his last name?
Zhou Quan heard the disappointment and loss in his daughter's tone, and even the thought of giving up right there, and immediately panicked.
The Zhou family has only produced such a genius in hundreds of years. Even though his father has no hope for him, he still wants to bring glory to the Zhou family.
And if my hometown knew about it, they would not allow me to give up.
Three hundred years ago, an ancestor of the Zhou family held a third-rank position, but later gradually declined. Until now, the Zhou family still remembers the ancestor's teachings, which is to make the Zhou family prosper again.
This is the ancestral motto that every educated descendant of the Zhou family must know.
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